where he had been brought up and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day, and stood up to read:

17 and the book of the prophet Isaiah was delivered to him; and when he opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18 "The Spirit of the Lord "is upon me; for he hath "anointed me to preach good 66 tidings to the poor;

19 "He hath sent me to heal "the broken hearted; to pro"claim liberty to the cap"tives, and recovery of sight "to the blind; to set free them "that are bruised; to proclaim "the acceptable year of the "Lord:"

20 and he closed the book, and returned it to the minister, and sat down and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were fixed upon him.

21 And he began to say to them, To day is fulfilled this scripture, which is in your

ears:

22 and they all recognised him; and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

23 And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this proverb, " Physician, heal thy"self:" whatsoever we have heard done by thee in Caper

naum, do here also in thy country:

24 and he said, Verily I tell you, No prophet is accepted in his own country:

25 and, of a truth I tell you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, so that great famine was on all the land;

26 yet, to none of them was Elijah sent, but to a widow woman at Sarepta, of Sidonia: 27 and many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; yet none of them was cleansed, but Naaman the Syrian.

28 And all in the synagogue were filled with rage, when they heard these words;

29 and they arose, and thrust him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, to cast him headlong down:

30 but, passing through the midst of them, he went on, and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee :

31 and he taught them on the sabbath-days; and they were astonished at his doctrine, for his word was with authority.

32 And a man that had a spirit of an unclean devil, came into the synagogue; and it cried out with a loud voice, 33 Let us alone; what have

we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God:

34 and Jesus rebuked it, saying, Be silent, and come out of him and the devil threw him down in the midst, and came out of him, but hurt him not:

35 and fear came on them all; and they spake among themselves, saying, What word is this, that it commandeth the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out?

36 and a report of him went out, into every place of the country around.

37 And rising up from the synagogue, he went into the house of Simon:

38 and the mother of Simon's wife was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her:

39 and he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose, and ministered to them.

40 And when the sun was setting, all who had any that were ill of various diseases, brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them:

41 and devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God!

42 and he rebuked them, and suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was the Christ.

43 And when it was day, he departed, and went into a desert place and the multitudes sought him, and came to him, and would have withheld him from going from them;

44 but he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also; for to that end I am sent: 45 and he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

5 and Simon answered and said, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: yet, at thy word, I will let down the net:

6 and when they had done so, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes; and their net brake:

7 and they made signs to their partners in the other ship, to come and help them: and they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink :

8 and when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees; saying, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!

9 for, amazement came on him, and on all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken :

10 and likewise, on James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. 11 And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men :

12 and when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

13 And it came to pass, when he was in one of the cities, that behold, a man full of leprosy, seeing Jesus, fell on his face and besought him; saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean:

14 and he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean and immediately the leprosy departed from him:

15 and he charged him to tell no one; but, Go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them:

16 but the fame of him spread the more; and great multitudes came together to hear him, and to be healed of their infirmities:

17 and he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 18 And it came to pass on one of those days, as he was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, were sitting by, that the power of the Lord was present for him to heal. Mark, vi. 5. 19 And, behold, some men brought, on a bed, a man who was palsied; and they sought how they might bring him in, and lay him before him :

20 and finding no way by which they could bring him in, they let him down with his couch, through the tiling, into the midst, before them all:

21 and when he saw their faith, he said, Man, thy sins be forgiven thee:

22 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God only?

23 but Jesus, knowing their thoughts, answered and said to them, Why reason ye thus in your hearts?

24 which is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

25 but, that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the palsied man,) I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go to thy house:

26 and he immediately rose up before them, and took up that on which he lay, and went away to his own house, glorifying God:

27 and amazement seized on all; and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day!

31 And their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why eat and drink ye with publicans and sinners?

32 but Jesus answered and said to them, They that are well, have not need of a physician; but they only that are ill:

33 I came not to call just persons to repentance, but sinners. 34 And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink! 35 and he said to them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

36 but the days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then, in those days, they will fast. 37 And he also spake a parable to them; No one cutteth a piece out of a new garment, and putteth it to an old one; otherwise, he both rendeth the new one, and the piece taken from the new assorteth not with the old : 38 and no one putteth new wine into old bottles; otherwise, the new wine will burst the bottles, and both itself will be spilled, and the bottles will perish;

39 but, new wine must be put into new bottles:

Mark, ii. 23.

40 and no one, when he hath drunk old wine, straightway wisheth for new; for he saith, The old is best.

CHAPTER VI.

AND it came to pass, that

he went through the corn Matt. xii. 1. fields on a sabbath day, and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and eat them; rubbing them in their hands:

2 and some of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which is not lawful on the sabbath days? 3 and Jesus answered and said to them, Have ye not then read that which David did, when himself hungred, and they that were with him; 4 how he went into the house of God, and took and eat the loaves of the shewbread, and gave them to those that were with him; which it is not lawful for any one to eat, but the priests only?

5 and he said to them, The Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath.

6 And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he went into the synagogue and taught; and a man was there whose right hand was withered: 7 and the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man that had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forward in the midst: and he arose and stood forward:

9 and Jesus said to them, I

ask you, Whether it is better

on the sabbath days, to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?

10 and looking round on them all, he said to the man, Stretch out thy hand: and he did so; and his hand was restored :

11 and they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they could do to Jesus.

12 And it came to pass, in those days, that he went out to the mountain to pray; and spent the whole night in the prayer-house of God.

13 And when it was day, he called to him his disciples: and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles; namely,

14 Simon, (whom he named also Peter), and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes,

16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas, an Iscariot, who was the traitor.

17 And when he came down